Western University Academic Calendar. - 2019

Earth Sciences 2265A/B

PALEOBIOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY

Course Description

A survey of the fossil record from bacteria, protista, calcareous algae, to invertebrate animals. Topics on each group of fossils include functional morphology, evolutionary trend, ancient living environments, contribution to sediment accumulation and reef-building, utility for dating and correlating rocks and for understanding long-term biodiversity change.